CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Monday, September 9, 2019 | 5 CHINA Polar observation satellite will debut soon Network will improve country’s ability visiblelight camera; and an auto tries, especially developing ones like and former minister of science and bility of many areas, experts said. matic identification system receiver, China, Li said. technology, was quoted in a state Zhang Di, the satellite’s chief to monitor Arctic and Antarctic regions a device for ship identification. It BNU1 and other satellites in the ment previously published by Aero designer at Aerospace Dongfang will work in a sunsynchronous network will enable China to put an space Dongfanghong Development hong Development, told Daily Sun By ZHAO LEI in Shanxi province before the end of orbit more than 730 kilometers end to its heavy reliance on Western as saying that the BNU1 mission shine, a Shenzhen newspaper, that [email protected] this month, said Li Chun, BNU1’s above the Earth for up to two years. companies’ satellites for images and will be a milestone in China’s polar the BNU1 mission will also be use project manager at Aerospace Dong Once put into service, it will be data from polar regions, he said. research because it will extensively ful to shipping companies as it will China will soon launch the first fanghong Development in Shenzhen, operated by the Joint Center for Polar Research and development of boost the country’s investigations of be capable of monitoring and satellite in its spacebased polar Guangdong province. The company, Research of Chinese Universities and BNU1 was initiated in February last polar regions and global environ reporting ice movement in sailing observation network in an attempt which designed and built the space will mainly be tasked with observing year by researchers at Beijing Nor mental changes. routes and autonomously preparing to improve the nation’s polar craft, is part of the China Academy of the environmental changes of the mal University’s College of Global In the past, polar regions’ data navigation routes for ships. research capability, according to Space Technology in Beijing. Antarctic and Arctic, detecting and Change and Earth System Science, available to Chinese scientists were Orbiting the Earth 14 times a day, project insiders. The small satellite weighs about providing early warnings of ice shelf who called for spacebased assets mainly acquired by Chinese ships the satellite would support China’s The BNU1 will be lifted atop a 20 kilograms and will carry three collapses and tracking the sources of for their work. and polar stations, but those means endeavors to develop Arctic sea Long March 4B carrier rocket from experimental payloads — a multi smog — a hazardous atmospheric Xu Guanhua, an academician of have long been restricted by tough lanes for the Chinese shipping the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center spectral camera; a highresolution phenomenon haunting many coun the Chinese Academy of Sciences natural conditions or the inaccessi industry, he said.
Rescue Cooperation is key by rope
Contestants compete in to beating frozen the 2019 International LifeLine Rope Rescue Competition in Chong qing on Saturday. Thir meat smugglers teen teams from China, Germany, Belgium, By ZHANG YANGFEI Japan, South Korea and [email protected] other countries and regions participated in China’s customs authorities When we opened the competition. have busted several gangs smug HUANG WEI / XINHUA gling frozen meat recently, with the refrigerator, a investigators urging reinforce very unpleasant ment of comprehensive border controls to tackle the problem. smell came out, The cases show that smuggling which was very methods have become better hid den and the gangs and their dens disgusting.” become more dispersed, making Hu Xuelun, antismuggling the antismuggling campaign more officer in Nanning, Guangxi difficult, Xinhua News Agency Zhuang autonomous region reported. Huang Wei, an antismuggling containing 1,500 tons of smuggled officer from Nanning customs in meat worth 50 million yuan. the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Xinhua said frozen meat was region, told Xinhua that sea and generally smuggled from coun land forces should cooperate and tries such as the United States, Bra inspection work should be zil, Australia and India and sold to strengthened in areas including restaurants and barbecue stalls. private access to the border, ille Li Yunwen, deputy director of gally modified vehicles, local mar the market supervision bureau of kets and storage warehouses. Qingxiu district in Nanning, told Last Monday, customs authori Xinhua that some frozen products Earthquake leaves 1 dead, 63 injured in Sichuan ties in Nanning busted a ware that bypassed inspection and house in a village where piles of quarantine might come from dis By HUANG ZHILING Ma Bo, Party chief of Neijiang, celed, China Railway Chengdu Weiyuan packaged frozen meat were hid ease affected areas. in Weiyuan, Sichuan said the city had sent 4,781 people to Group said. den, Guangxi Radio and Televi They tended to be transported [email protected] assist in rescue operations, includ Some residents of Neijiang sion Station reported. without using professional freez ing militiamen, policemen, fire received an early warning through A staff member from the local ers and were prone to becoming One person was killed and 63 oth fighters and medical workers. smartphones, television broadcasts antismuggling bureau said the rotten and carrying bacteria, ers injured after a 5.4 magnitude The provincial Department of Sichuan and special receiving terminals 2 packages of frozen meat, includ which posed a big threat to peo earthquake jolted Weiyuan county, Emergency Management had sent seconds before seismic waves from ing chicken feet, pigs feet and pork ple’s health, Li said. Neijiang, Sichuan province, at 6:42 4,000 cotton quilts, and the Neijiang the quake reached the city. tripe, were all labeled in foreign Although China customs has am on Sunday, the Neijiang govern municipal bureau of emergency “Thirtysix seconds before the languages and the total weight stepped up efforts to crack down ment information office said. management had dispatched 200 waves reached Chengdu, residents was about a dozen metric tons. on frozen meat smuggling over the Of the wounded, three were in tents for the quake victims, he said. there received the early warning,” The customs authorities did not past year, smugglers have become critical condition as of 6 pm, the The epicenter of the earthquake CHINA DAILY said Wu Liangyan, an information find the warehouse owner at the better hidden and have developed office said. was 12 kilometers from Weiyuan, 26 officer with Chengdu’s Institute of scene, but they sealed the ware sales network and groups of cus Sixtythree townships and 10,883 km from Neijiang and 141 km from CareLife, which was founded after house and seized all the meat, the tomers on digital platforms. people were affected by the earth Sichuan’s provincial capital, Cheng the devastating Wenchuan earth report said, adding that the case is Xinhua said smuggled frozen quake. One hundred and thirtytwo du. 10,883 quake in 2008 with the aim of under further investigation. goods crossing the border were houses collapsed, 161 houses were A female student at Neijiang Nor people reducing casualties from quakes. In July, customs and police now loaded separately onto small severely damaged and another mal University was awaked by the A realtime system providing were affected when a seized over 100 tons of frozen vans in different batches and 4,880 were slightly damaged, it said. quake. As she fled her dormitory on 5.4 magnitude earthquake warnings seconds after a quake can meat in Nanning worth about 10 transported to inland areas before Soon after the temblor, Huang the fifth floor, she fell and injured an jolted Weiyuan county, save lives because the warnings are million yuan ($1.4 million). being loaded onto bigger trucks in Ming, Party chief of the Ministry of ankle. Sichuan province. transmitted via radio waves travel “When we opened the refrigera remote places such as sugarcane Emergency Management, and vice “A roommate spent several min ing faster than seismic waves. tor, a very unpleasant smell came or banana fields. ministers Fu Jianhua and Zheng utes carrying me to the first floor, Radio waves travel at 300,000 km out, which was very disgusting,” The meat would then be proc Guoguang held a video conference and I was greatly moved,” she said. per second, while seismic waves antismuggling officer Hu Xuelun essed into jerky or canned meat with leading officials of Sichuan’s A young woman in Weiyuan who to wake up and take it out right travel at 3 to 6 km/s. Therefore, peo told Xinhua, adding that the con and repackaged before entering Department of Emergency Manage said she usually took her cat outside then,” she said. ple in nearby areas may escape dan ditions the meat was stored in the market. ment, the Sichuan Provincial Fire at 7 am recalled it behaving abnor Trains leaving Chengdu for ger before seismic waves arrive, said were very dirty, with blood all over The key to combating smug fighters’ Brigade and Weiyuan mally just before the earthquake. Chongqing, the provinces of Guang Chen Huizhong, a senior research the floor and many flies buzzing gling was effective control over the County Firefighters’ Brigade, who “About one hour before the quake, dong, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang fellow with the China Earthquake around. source and intercepting frozen were on the scene to direct quake it jumped onto my bed and kept and Liaoning, and some parts of Administration’s Institute of Geo In June, customs authorities goods before they entered the relief efforts. trampling on me as if it wanted me Sichuan were either delayed or can physics. from Nanning and Guangdong country, Nanfang Plus, a Guang province captured 24 suspects dong news portal, reported. who had smuggled more than Huang said a joint sea and land 3,000 tons of frozen meat since force should be formed to inspect First rehearsal for National Day celebrations concluded July last year. Also in June, anti and block access by sea and inves smuggling groups in Shijiazhuang, tigate and capture gangs on land, Hebei province, seized 52 refriger and such joint efforts should cover The first joint rehearsal for the tary parade which lasted an hour, a and achieved the expected results, Chongwenmen shopping and sight ated containers transported by sea more border areas. upcoming National Day celebra mass pageant and performances as the center said. seeing areas barred vehicles from tions ended early Sunday morning well as the onsite test of the control Beijing municipal authorities parking, except for those needed for in Beijing, about three weeks ahead system for a fireworks display, expressed appreciation to local resi the rehearsal. of the 70th anniversary of the found according to the media center for dents for their understanding and From 6 pm Saturday till the end of Watch your step ing of the People’s Republic of Chi the celebration of the 70th anniver support of the rehearsal. the activity, access to areas includ na, which falls on Oct 1. sary of the PRC. Beijing’s public security bureau ing north of Jinshui Bridge in front The rehearsal was held from 11 The center said the rehearsal of issued a traffic control notice on Sept of Tian’anmen Square, south of the pm on Saturday to the wee hours of the pageant focused on assembly 2 before the rehearsal, saying traffic Palace Museum’s Meridian Gate, Sunday in Tian’anmen Square in and evacuation, marching in forma restrictions would be imposed on East Tian’anmen Square and the downtown Beijing. About 90,000 tion, and cooperation with the roads around Tian’anmen Square west and south side streets of the people were involved in the rehears orchestra and choir. The rehearsal area at different times. Great Hall of the People was prohib al and related support services. also helped performers get familiar From 4 pm Saturday till the end of ited to vehicles and pedestrians. Six parts of the celebrations were with the venue. the rehearsal, several streets around rehearsed, including a grand mili The rehearsal was well organized the Wangfujing, Qianmen and CHINA DAILY — XINHUA
emblem on the obverse and are Commemorative coins to be inscribed with Chinese characters reading “the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC” on the reverse issued for 70th anniversary side. There will be 2,000 large gold Two sides of a gold coin with the coins and 60,000 small gold coins Beginning on Tuesday, China will legal tender, the People’s Bank of denomination of 2,000 yuan available for purchase, it said. issue a set of coins to commemorate China said on its website. ($281). PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY The denominations of the silver the 70th anniversary of the found One of the gold coins, with a coins also vary, with 5,000 at 300 Continued rainfall from Typhoon Lingling causes minor flooding ing of the People’s Republic of Chi diameter of 60 millimeters, con eter, contains 8 g of gold and has a yuan, 7,000 at 50 yuan and 200,000 in Harbin on Sunday. Tropical storms rarely make their way na, the central bank said. tains 150 grams of gold and has a denomination of 100 yuan, the cen at 10 yuan. to the capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. The set of coins includes two gold, denomination of 2,000 yuan ($281). tral bank said. ZHANG SHU / FOR CHINA DAILY four silver and one copper alloy, all The other gold coin, 22 mm in diam All the coins feature the national XINHUA